Pattaya Afternoon Visit

A half-day package to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary offers visitors an enjoyable opportunity to spend quality time with elephants in their natural home, as well as gain an insight into their history and behavior, and create cherished lifelong memories of their time spent with these amazing animals.

Visitors to the Sanctuary will also be privileged enough to meet and interact with members of the Karen tribe, and witness stunning views of the surrounding jungle, mountains and beach – All while interacting personally with friendly, happy elephants in a safe and sustainable environment.

On the morning of your visit, you will be picked up from your place of accommodation and will drive for approximately 1 hours from Pattaya city through scenic agricultural areas before arriving at the Sanctuary. There, you will meet your English-speaking guide and learn a little about the elephants, before changing into traditional Karen clothing.

After being allocated bananas and sugar cane to feed to the elephants, you will walk with your guide through the Sanctuary, where you will find free-roaming elephants and hear their individual stories. You can touch, feed, photograph, and interact with the elephants at your leisure while you learn about their lifestyle and behaviors. After you have met all the elephants, you will accompany them to a nearby mud spa. Get muddy with the elephants as you apply a healthy cosmetic mud treatment to their skin. Next, you will walk with the elephants shower them and join them in the water for a refreshing. Take a swim and help bathe and brush the elephants while they wade through and play in the water.

Once the elephants are clean, you can take some final photos with them, and then it will be time to part ways with your new friend and change into some dry clothes. Finally, eat some snacks and seasonal fresh fruit ,before enjoying once again the impressive rural scenery as you drive back to hotel.

ITINERARY

11.30 AM -12.00 PM

Pick up from your hotel or accommodation in Pattaya city.

12.00 PM

Drive approximately 1 hour ) southeast of Pattaya City to Satthahip District.

13.00 PM

Arrive at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Pattaya. Enjoy a welcome snack, sip tea or coffee, and learn about elephants as you are given an introduction to our program. Change into traditional Karen clothing and assist with the preparation of natural dietary supplements for the elephants.

14.00 PM

Meet the elephants. Feed them and administer dietary supplements as you learn their stories. Play, interact, and take photos with the elephants in a natural setting.

14.45 PM

Mud spa with the elephants.

15.15 PM

Join the elephants in our specially constructed outdoor ‘Elephant Shower Room’ and cool down as you bathe them.

15.45 PM

Use our facilities to take a (regular) shower, dry off, and change clothes.

Leave the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary and drive for approximately 1 hour back through spectacular island scenery.

17.30-18.00 PM

Drop off at your hotel or accommodation.

Our WALK WITH THE ELEPHANTS package accepts a maximum of 15 people per day.

* Please Note: At the Sanctuary, we will allow you to spend as much time as possible with the elephants. Therefore, there is no formal schedule and aside from pick-up times, the times shown here are approximations.

PICK UP FEE

We offer a FREE transfer service from hotels within the following areas: Pattaya city, Jomtien Beach

From Bangkok will be responsible for arranging transport either to a designated meeting point in the Sukhumvit Road area, or to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Pattaya in Pattaya 3 Rd., (Please note that the fare for a taxi or other mode of transport to the chosen meeting point is payable by the visitor, and Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Pattaya will not pay for transport or reimburse costs incurred).

We are unable to offer a collection service to visitors staying at Airbnb lodging, rental villas, or private houses. Visitors staying in these places of accommodation will be responsible for arranging transport either to a designated meeting point in the Sukhumvit Road area, or to the Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Pattaya in Pattaya 3 Rd., (Please note that the fare for a taxi or other mode of transport to the chosen meeting point is payable by the visitor, and Elephant Jungle Sanctuary Pattaya will not pay for transport or reimburse costs incurred).

Additionally, we are unable to offer a pick up service from any other pier or jetty.

PICK-UP TIME:

FINISH TIME:

WHAT TO BRING:

PRICE INCLUDES

PICK UP/DROP OFF TO YOUR PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION IN PHUKET

ENGLISH-SPEAKING TOUR GUIDES

TWO TRADITIONAL THAI BUFFET MEALS

DRINKING WATER

FOOD FOR FEEDING ELEPHANTS

We also offer an additional photography service at no extra charge. Our photographers will take pictures throughout the day, and we will upload them to our Facebook page as soon as possible. For more information, please click HERE.